Deaf Awareness Week has come to an end. However that doesn’t mean your journey is over. If you’d like to learn more about the Deaf community or go on to learn some more British Sign Language then why not sign…

What is fingerspelling? Fingerspelling is the BSL alphabet (see page 8 for what this looks like). Certain words – usually names of people and places – are spelled out on fingers. However, fingerspelling alone isn’t sign language. Right handed Fingerspelling…

What is British Sign Language? People who are deaf communicate in different ways – they may use speech and lipread, they may use a type of signed communication, or they may use a combination of different methods. British Sign Language…

Deaf Awareness week is a special week in the annual calendar. The aim of this week is to raise awareness of barriers that surround deafness. The theme for this week is ‘Connect and Communicate’. This week we will be sharing…

I recently spoke to one of our Deaf friends at Lewisham church: Leslie Philip, who I found to not only be on this year’s championship team for Deaf Basketball in the UK but is also an accomplished and experienced sailor…

At Lewisham Church we like to think we’re doing our part to help in furthering knowledge, helping people and letting others know about Jesus. That’s why we’re thrilled to have completed another Introduction to BSL course. We had 8 interested…

If you weren’t there, it is now officially too late and you’ll never quite know what you missed, but the much anticipated Lewisham Deaf Ministries Dinner for 2014 was a great success! People came from all over to attend and…